Pokémon the Series: XY / XYZ · XY arc

XY001 · Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!

Name: Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!
Released: 2014-01-18

カロス地方にやってきた！夢と冒険のはじまり！！

US air. 2014-01-18 JP air. 2013-10-17 Season. XY (S17) Position. Episode 1 of 140 in XY

Why this episode matters

Signature episode for Serena

Serena's debut. Picks Fennekin.

Synopsis

What happens.

In Vaniville Town, Grace asks her Fletchling to wake up her daughter Serena after she failed to do so the first time. Fletchling obediently flies up to Serena's bedroom and pecks her awake, much to Serena's annoyance.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's XY001 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.

Story arc · XY001-XY049

XY.

Ash arrives in Kalos with Pikachu; meets Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie. Picks up Froakie. Lumiose Gym puzzle introduces Clemont. Sycamore's lab introduces Mega Evolution.

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Pokémon featured · 20

Who appears.

Linked entries open the species page on the Pokédex. Items without a sprite (alternate forms, regional variants, generic group references) fall back to a name pill.

Other episodes in XY.

Episode synopsis from Bulbapedia, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5. Editorial context (arc affiliation, cultural moments, character signatures) hand-verified May 2026. Pokémon, character names, and series titles © Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., The Pokémon Company, OLM Inc. This is an unofficial fan reference.